See also: onkel

German edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French oncle.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔŋkəl/
  • Hyphenation: On‧kel
  • (file)

Noun edit

Onkel m (strong, genitive Onkels, plural Onkel or (colloquial) Onkels)

  1. uncle
    Synonym: (archaic) Oheim

Usage notes edit

The most common plural is Onkel. The form Onkels is frequent in northern colloquial German and has become partly acceptable in standard usage (for example in prose, but not in elevated or official style).

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Danish: onkel
  • Latvian: onkulis

Further reading edit

  • Onkel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Onkel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Onkel” in Duden online
  •   Onkel on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Hunsrik edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

Onkel m (plural Onkel)

  1. uncle

Further reading edit

Pennsylvania German edit

Etymology edit

Compare German Onkel, English uncle.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔŋkəl/, [ˈɔŋkl̩]

Noun edit

Onkel m (plural Onkel)

  1. uncle

Plautdietsch edit

Noun edit

Onkel m (plural Onkels)

  1. uncle

Saterland Frisian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Frisian onkel, from Proto-Germanic *ankulaz.

Noun edit

Onkel m

  1. (anatomy) ankle